The Tantrum: Fathers, Sons, and Sports, Part 1

(This is the Tantrum, in which Dadwagon’s writers debate one issue over the course of a week. Normally, we try to answer a question, but this week, with the publication of “Are We Winning? Fathers and Sons in the New Golden Age of Baseball,” by Will Leitch, we’re doing something different. For previous Tantrums, click …

These People Got a Grant Somehow

Turns out I’ve been making this dadhood thing much too complex. It’s just so easy! All you have to do is follow the three instructions laid down by a team of researchers, and everything will go swimmingly: Researchers (M. Lamb, 2004, and others) have developed what they call the “Big Three” elements of effective fatherhood: …

The Footnoted Childhood

A further thought occasioned by last week’s Tantrum, about posting photographs of your kids online. Over the weekend, I shot my usual dozens of photos of pure toddler adorableness. Last night, when my wife’s parents came by, I was showing a couple of them to my approving father-in-law. And he remarked, while chuckling, “This is …